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Iceland Gives World Moves Little Hope

As a test case for international coordination, efforts to drum up emergency aid for Iceland are dispiriting.

Getting help to Iceland is urgent. International trading of the kronur is essentially frozen. The import-dependent island economy is on the cusp of a slump and faces rampant near-term inflation.

The International Monetary Fund...

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